My Series 5 has developed a new bug--Nothing to do with 6.1.1 as I've had it for awhile now, It's just started as of three days ago. Doesn't affect my Series 3.
Start playback of music from iPhone with a wired set of earpods plugged in--Music is playing through headset but watch shows 'Not Playing' on the Now Playing screen. Also shows 'watch' as the source instead of 'iPhone'
If I tap the Airplay icon it won't even show the Apple TV in the room as it usually does. Only way to fix this is to reboot both iPhone 6S and Apple Watch. Then the Now Playing will show the correct music info and 'iPhone' as source--shows Apple TV in Airplay as well--and it's controllable.
Second version of bug: Same thing, EarPods in, iPhone source, and the music is paused and I begin a workout--Only this time I start playback/resume it from the watch Now Playing screen (accessed via dock) and music plays until I move out of wifi range then it stops--then the Now Playing screen once again shows "Not Playing" and "Watch" as source. iPhone also shows 'Not Playing' on the control center widget, but tapping Play will resume playback where it left off--then Watch shows correct info and once again controls music--no reboot needed.
I'm guessing since I sleep during the night with my watch on, using AutoSleep to track sleep, my iPhone is in the other end of the house so Bluetooth disconnects and the watch connects via Wifi, which also causes a good 30% battery drain, but still shows the green 'iPhone' symbol in control center. So when I leave my house, watch remains connected to Wifi even with my Phone in my pocket, so once I leave wifi range the watch can't keep track of what's playing on iPhone so = paused. About like what would happen if I used a Bluetooth headset and switched that headset off--music would pause.
I have switched Wifi off on the Series 5 and also disconnected the auto switch in case it's causing issues when I use my Series 3 when my 5 charges.
Either my iPhone Bluetooth stack is crashing somehow, or my watch refuses to reconnect to Bluetooth after being on wifi for a bit. Does anyone know if the Watch should show a green 'iPhone' icon in control center when connected via wifi to the iPhone or is it supposed to show a different icon? I'm trying to figure out if there is any indication otherwise that the watch is on Wifi (but connected remotely to iPhone) or Bluetooth. Not sure what's going on.
When it just outright shows 'Not playing' like the first part, I actually have to reboot the iPhone and watch to get it to work. Otherwise remote control of the music playing from the iPhone is not possible.
Also noticed during the issue in question, the workout screen when I'm walking shows white numerals instead of the greenish-yellow I'm used to. Any reason for that? I've done no app updates.
Start playback of music from iPhone with a wired set of earpods plugged in--Music is playing through headset but watch shows 'Not Playing' on the Now Playing screen. Also shows 'watch' as the source instead of 'iPhone'
If I tap the Airplay icon it won't even show the Apple TV in the room as it usually does. Only way to fix this is to reboot both iPhone 6S and Apple Watch. Then the Now Playing will show the correct music info and 'iPhone' as source--shows Apple TV in Airplay as well--and it's controllable.
Second version of bug: Same thing, EarPods in, iPhone source, and the music is paused and I begin a workout--Only this time I start playback/resume it from the watch Now Playing screen (accessed via dock) and music plays until I move out of wifi range then it stops--then the Now Playing screen once again shows "Not Playing" and "Watch" as source. iPhone also shows 'Not Playing' on the control center widget, but tapping Play will resume playback where it left off--then Watch shows correct info and once again controls music--no reboot needed.
I'm guessing since I sleep during the night with my watch on, using AutoSleep to track sleep, my iPhone is in the other end of the house so Bluetooth disconnects and the watch connects via Wifi, which also causes a good 30% battery drain, but still shows the green 'iPhone' symbol in control center. So when I leave my house, watch remains connected to Wifi even with my Phone in my pocket, so once I leave wifi range the watch can't keep track of what's playing on iPhone so = paused. About like what would happen if I used a Bluetooth headset and switched that headset off--music would pause.
I have switched Wifi off on the Series 5 and also disconnected the auto switch in case it's causing issues when I use my Series 3 when my 5 charges.
Either my iPhone Bluetooth stack is crashing somehow, or my watch refuses to reconnect to Bluetooth after being on wifi for a bit. Does anyone know if the Watch should show a green 'iPhone' icon in control center when connected via wifi to the iPhone or is it supposed to show a different icon? I'm trying to figure out if there is any indication otherwise that the watch is on Wifi (but connected remotely to iPhone) or Bluetooth. Not sure what's going on.
When it just outright shows 'Not playing' like the first part, I actually have to reboot the iPhone and watch to get it to work. Otherwise remote control of the music playing from the iPhone is not possible.
Also noticed during the issue in question, the workout screen when I'm walking shows white numerals instead of the greenish-yellow I'm used to. Any reason for that? I've done no app updates.